With the Greek debt crisis reaching a climax, Athens has submitted a request to creditors to extend its current bailout programme "for a short period of time", according to "a letter":http://g8fip1kplyr33r3krz5b97d1.wpeng... published on "Politico website":http://www.politico.eu/article/greece.... The request would avert a technical default on the 1.5 billion euro IMF payment due by the end of t… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/30/gr... What are the top stories today? Click to watch: • Top Stories euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... euronews is available in 13 languages: / euronewsnetwork In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook: / euronews Twitter: / euronews Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews